Patches of the invasive seaweed caulerpa have been located at three sites off the North-East coast of Te Hauturu-o-Toi (Little Barrier Island) but the Ngāti Manuhiri Settlement Trust hopes to start treatment as soon as Friday and continue over the weekend, aiming to eliminate the outbreak.
Nicola Rata-MacDonald, chief executive of the trust, says the discovery of caulerpa at Hauturu is yet another indication that the gulf/Tīkapa Moana is under threat, and is in need of urgent restorative action.
• Merrie Hewetson
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